%0 Journal Article
%T The Great War in the “Journal” of Aleksandra Czechówna (Part III: 2 January – 27 December 1916)
%A Lesiak-Przybył, Bożena
%J Krakowski Rocznik Archiwalny
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/12332135KRA.16.005.15051
%N XXII
%P 139-170
%K World War I, Krakow, journal, daily life, Aleksandra Czechówna
%@ 1233-2135
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/krakowski-rocznik-archiwalny/article/wielka-wojna-w-dzienniku-aleksandry-czechowny-czesc-iii-2-stycznia-27-grudnia-1916-r
%X Aleksandra Czechówna (1839–1923) was the daughter of Tomasz Czech and Aleksandra, née Zielińska. Her “Journal from the whole life...”, written for over 60 years (1856– 1923), is stored in the National Archives in Krakow, ref. no. 29/1582/1–29/1582/44 (former ref. no. IT 428/1–428/44). It represents a great source that depicts the cultural, social and daily life of Krakow in the second half of the 19th century, and the first two decades of the 20th century.The text placed here comes from two volumes of the “Journal”: volume 40, ref. no. 29/1582/40 (former ref. no. IT 428/40) and volume 41, ref. no. 29/1582/41 (former ref. no. IT 428/41). It represents a continuation of the entries concerning the first two years of World War I and describes the third year of the ongoing fight (see. “Krakowski Rocznik Archiwalny” 2014, Vol. 20, pp. 111–132; 2015, Vol. 21, pp. 133–163).The presented text was written by an intelligent, perceptive observer of events of great importance for Poles. The author mainly used press reports and clerical announcements, but also made use of personal accounts. She was well informed and up-to-date about the 170 Bożena Lesiak-Przybył development of events. The journal represents an illustration of the increasingly difficult daily life of the town’s residents in successive years of the ongoing war, but also provides a description of the feelings of Poles and their great expectations connected with the creation of a Polish state. In addition, it contains a very interesting vision of the usage of “wartime” scientific and technical inventions in daily life.